The Poet and the Echo

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Short story series in which writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.

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The Poet and the Echo: The Night Is Darkening Round Me

The Night Is Darkening Round Me

BBC Radio 4 - The Poet and the Echo, The Night Is Darkening Round Me

Caitrìona Balfe reads a meditative story inspired by Emily Brontë’s poem.

Eugene O’Hare’s meditative response to Emily Brontë’s poem about a woman suspended in time. Read by Caitrìona Balfe.

Writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories. 

'The Night is Darkening Round Me'

Read by Caitrìona Balfe. 

Linda’s on a cliff-side walk with her partner when she slips, falls and finds herself caught in a fragment of time. 
 
Eugene O’Hare’s captivating story inspired by Emily Brontë’s poem. 


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Writer ….. Eugene O’Hare
Reader ….. Caitrìona Balfe
Producer …..  Kirsty Williams

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